FACING ANOTHER JUDGE... THIS TIME FOR ALLEGEDLY DRIVING DRUNK. SAR BARNS IS IN TROUBLE FACING ANOTHER JUDGE, THIS TIME FOR ALLEGEDLY DRIVING DRUNK. AND THE REASON THAT NAME MAY SOUND FAMILIAR IS BECAUSE SHE IS THE WOMAN ACCUSED OF DESTROYING THIS CENTRAL FLORIDA LANDMARK, BURNING DOWN ONE OF THE OLDEST TREES IN THE WORLD WHILE DOING DRUGS. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. SARAH BARNS WAS OUT ON BOND. TONIGHT SHE IS AT THE ORANGE COUNTY JAIL. THAT'S WHERE EVAN LAMBERT IS LIVE. WHAT DID THE JUDGE SAY THIS TIME? A JUDGE FOUND PROBABLE CAUSE AND SET HER BOND. I LEARNED SHE WON'T BE WALKING OUT THE DOOR ANY TIME SOON. THIS WAS TAKEN WHEN SHE WAS BOOKED FRIDAY AFTER MAITLAND POLICE OFFICERS PULLED HER OVER FOR LAEMGD DRIVING DRUNK. WHAT BARNS IS KNOWN FOR IS BEING ACCUSED OF BURNING DOWN THE 3500-YEAR-OLD SENATOR TREE IN SEMINOLE COUNTY. BACK IN 2012 DEPUTIES SAY SHE CLIMBED INTO THE TRUNK OF ONE OF THE OLDEST TREES IN THE WORLD AND SET A FIRE SO SHE COULD SEE BETTER. THE TREE CAUGHT FIRE AND BURNED DOWN. SHE PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO THAT CHARGE AND ANOTHER DRUG RELATED CHARGE FROM THAT ARREST. SATURDAY A JUDGE SET HER BOND AT $1,000 FOR FRIDAY'S DUI CHARGE. ACCORDING TO THE ARREST AFFIDAVIT, SHE TOLD OFFICERS SHE HAD THREE SHOTS OF VODKA BEFORE SHE GOT MIENT WHEEL. THEY ASKED HER FOR HER LICENSE AND REGISTRATION. OFFICERS SAY SHE GAVE THEM A REAL ESTATE BROCHURE. THE REPORT SAID SHE FAILED SEVERAL FIELD SOBRIETY TESTS. BACK OUT HERE LIVE, I CHECKED WITH THE JAIL. THEY SAY SINCE SHE WAS ARRESTED IN ORANGE COUNTY, THAT VIOLATED A CONDITION OF HER RELEASE IN SEMINOLE COUNTY SO THEY SAY SHE WON'T BE GETTING OUT OF JAIL FOR AT LEAST A FEW DAYS. THEY SAY SHE IS GOING TO BE TAKEN TO THE JAIL IN SEMINOLE COUNTY SOMETIME THIS WEEK. WE HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING HER CASE WITH THE SENATOR FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS, WHAT IS THE LATEST? ACCORDING TO COURT RECORDS, SHE HAS A PLEA HEARING NEXT WEEK ON THE 11TH. SO IT SEEMS LIKE SHE MAY CHANGE HER PLEA. OF COURSE, WE MENTIONED SHE PLEADED NOT GUILTY BEFORE TO THAT CHARGE. BACK TO YOU.

MAITLAND, Fla. -

Maitland police said they arrested Sara Barnes, the woman who was accused of burning down the 3,500 year old Cypress Tree, for DUI.

Maitland police said Barnes was seen driving erratically around Horatio Avenue and Minnehaha Circle around 5 p.m. Friday evening.

Police said they did a traffic stop and Barnes provided her driver's license, but could not find any proof of insurance.

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Barnes gave the officer a real estate brochure, according to the arrest affidavit.

Police said, while speaking to Barnes, they could smell a strong odor of alcohol and she did not seem to have a concept of time while speaking with slurred speech.

Police said Barnes called her mother and informed her she may be going to jail again.

Police made her hang up her phone and gave her a field sobriety testm which she failed, according to the affidavit.

Police said she admitted to having 3 shots of vodka and she was placed under arrest for suspicion of DUI

Police said on the way to the Orange County DUI center, she laid down in the back seat and began to cry because she had done jail time for burning down the 'Senator', but she actually loved trees.

Barnes was arrested in February 2012, accused of burning down a 3,500 tree in Seminole County, considered to be the oldest tree in Florida, while smoking meth.

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